Explosive secondary aerosol formation during severe haze in the North China Plain

J Peng, M Hu, D Shang, Z Wu, Z Du, T Tan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Severe haze events with exceedingly high-levels of fine aerosols occur frequently over the
past decades in the North China Plain (NCP), exerting profound impacts on human health …

Lifecycle of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere

D Liu, C He, JP Schwarz, X Wang - NPJ climate and atmospheric …, 2020 - nature.com
Light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols (LACs), including black carbon and light-absorbing
organic carbon (brown carbon, BrC), have an important role in the Earth system via heating …

[HTML][HTML] AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground-and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in …

J Gliß, A Mortier, M Schulz, E Andrews… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Within the framework of the AeroCom (Aerosol Comparisons between Observations and
Models) initiative, the state-of-the-art modelling of aerosol optical properties is assessed …

Diesel soot photooxidation enhances the heterogeneous formation of H2SO4

P Zhang, T Chen, Q Ma, B Chu, Y Wang, Y Mu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Both field observation and experimental simulation have implied that black carbon or soot
plays a remarkable role in the catalytic oxidation of SO2 for the formation of atmospheric …

The absorption Ångström exponent of black carbon: from numerical aspects

C Liu, CE Chung, Y Yin… - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
The absorption Ångström exponent (AAE) is an important aerosol optical parameter used for
aerosol characterization and apportionment studies. The AAE of black carbon (BC) particles …

A review on particulate matter removal capacity by urban forests at different scales

D Han, H Shen, W Duan, L Chen - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban forests play a vital role in terms of environmental quality related to particulate matter
(PM) and studies on this area are increasing. This review discusses how urban forests …

Review of brown carbon aerosols: Recent progress and perspectives

J Yan, X Wang, P Gong, C Wang, Z Cong - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Brown carbon (BrC), a carbonaceous aerosol which absorbs solar radiation over a broad
range of wavelengths, is beginning to be seen as an important contributor to global …

Enhanced light absorption and radiative forcing by black carbon agglomerates

GA Kelesidis, D Neubauer, LS Fan… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The climate models of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change list black carbon
(BC) as an important contributor to global warming based on its radiative forcing (RF) …

Char dominates black carbon aerosol emission and its historic reduction in China

J Cai, H Jiang, Y Chen, Z Liu, Y Han, H Shen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Emission factors and inventories of black carbon (BC) aerosols are crucial for estimating
their adverse atmospheric effect. However, it is imperative to separate BC emissions into …

Fractal dimensions and mixing structures of soot particles during atmospheric processing

Y Wang, F Liu, C He, L Bi, T Cheng… - … & Technology Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Soot particles strongly absorb sunlight and hence act as a short-lived warming agent.
Atmospheric aging of soot particles changes their morphology and mixing state and …